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Pepperdine Provost Darryl Tippens, who had applied for a the provost position at Abilene Christian University in Texas, was not awarded the job. To read the story, click here. … [Read more...] about Provost Tippens to stay at Pepperdine

Nearly six months ago, SGA senators tabled an advocacy request resolution regarding the potential official formation of LGBT group Reach OUT on Pepperdine’s campus. SGA waited to vote on the resolution and sent out a survey to students in hopes of gauging the student body perspective on the status of Reach OUT as an organization. Reach OUT had submitted an application for … [Read more...] about SGA tables Reach OUT vote after survey

Shortly after graduation, senior Shannon Jack will board a plane for her sixth trip to Kenya, where she will be working with Made in the Streets, an organization that helps get children off the streets. In the summer of Jack’s junior year of high school, her church gathered a group of members to support Made In the Streets hands-on, and Jack has been going back ever since. … [Read more...] about Senior works with Kenyan youth caught in cycle of poverty

Several female Pepperdine University students have reported that a pair of unidentified men has been knocking on residence doors and soliciting students to buy magazine subscriptions in recent weeks. Three students were independently approached by older males attempting to sell potentially dubious magazine subscriptions. In each event, the men targeted young women, none of … [Read more...] about Students beware of unsolicited solicitors